July 17th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 19 Start Location: Mile 1310 End Location: Mile 1329 End Location GPS: 40.26150, -121.33887 We passed the PCT midpoint today. At the halfway mark sat an unassuming stone pillar with “PCT Midpoint” etched on the front side, and the equidistant mileage to Canada on the south facing side and Mexico […]

July 16th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 26 Start Location: Mile 1284 End Location: Mile 1310 End Location GPS: 40.15263, -121.43745 We both had a horrible nights sleep as the room we were in was unbearably hot most of the night. Even with the windows open there was no breeze and the tropical like air remained entombed

July 15th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 19 Starting Location: 1265 End Location: 1284 End Location GPS: 40.00923, -121.22983 We started with another climb from Bucks Summit after making a deposit at the outhouse. It’s weird how I’ll hold my bowels even though I really need to go just to use a crappy outhouse  and not have

July 14th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 25 Start Location: Mile 1240 End Location: Mile 1265 End Location GPS: 39.85939, -121.11683 Another long day for us through dense forest. There was a constant humming in the air, an electric hissing orchestrated by tiny mosquitos and flies and bees. The forest seemed almost ready to burst with the

July 13th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 25 Start Location: Mile 1215 End Location: Mile 1240 End Location GPS: 39.77949, -121.00663 Long day through forests going up and down. Not many views at all. This is going to be a lame entry because I’m a little too tired to write much of anything. Going to try for

July 12th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 20 Start Location: Mile 1195 End Location: Mile 1215 End Location GPS: 39.70599, -120.71605 We climbed for a straight 8 miles over 3k feet back to the mountain crest. There were good views on the steep ascent of thick forested mountain slopes and valleys.  Throughout the day we endulated across

July 11th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 23 + 1.5 to town Start Location: Mile 1172 End Location: Mile 1195 End Location GPS: 39.56628, -120.63565 Good miles today on a gradual decent for much of the day towards Sierra City. The mountains are surely changing now. They are lower and roll and the forests have become bigger

July 10th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 19 Miles Start Location: Mile 1153 End Location: Mile 1172 End Location GPS: 39.42513, -120.44763 We slept in and had breakfast at the lodge. The chef wore sunglasses and had shaky hands and crooked teeth but the pancakes and eggs were not bad. We passed on the bacon but it

July 9th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 10 Start Location: Mile 1143 End Location: Mile 1153 End Location GPS: 39.31796, -120.35110 We woke up in the dark and were hiking by 5 AM as the sun was just starting to crawl over the horizon. The sky was dim purple and blue and the mountains were outlined in

July 8th, 2016 Miles Hiked: 23 Start Location: Mile 1120 End Location: Mile 1143 End Location GPS: 39.21781, -120.27704 Good views today once we got out of the 10 mile forest walk. We passed a few ski resorts, one of which was Squaw Valley. The trail traversed the back sides of the mountains where the